Bortles has been far from flashy in his two playoff starts, but he has been both clean and effective, which is all the team has really needed him to do with an elite defense waiting on the sidelines. Over the last two playoff games, the offensive coaching staff has played to the team’s strengths and used play action on 24 of their 49 pass attempts. Bortles has completed 13 of those passes for 176 yards, both of his postseason touchdowns and a passer rating of 105.6, a mark that exceeds his passer rating on standard attempts by 39.3. With running back Leonard Fournette in the backfield, the Jaguars will likely continue this trend in the hopes that it provides them an edge in the AFC Championship Game.

During the regular season, the stout Vikings defense allowed a passer rating of just 59.2 on their opponent’s third-down attempts, which was the second-best mark among defenses this year and something that ultimately helped push them to become the league’s best third-down defense. Alexander, who has been a vital player for the defense in third-down passing situations, was a key factor in this and allowed a passer rating of just 29.8 on third-down targets, the fourth-best mark among cornerbacks with at least 15 third-down targets. The Vikings will need to keep that up this week, as the Eagles’ offense managed to convert 46.2 percent of their third downs last week, the fifth-best mark among playoff teams.

Through 16 games of the regular season, no defense in football produced more pressures than the Philadelphia Eagles, who combined to put up a whopping 287 pressures, 19 more than the Jaguars, who were next closest defense. All told, they produced pressure on 40.8 percent of their pass-defense snaps, the highest rate league-wide. Cox has been an integral part of that pass-rush, as he personally contributed 54 of those pressures, the fifth-best pressure total among defensive tackles. Creating pressure will be key for the Eagles this weekend, as Vikings quarterback Case Keenum managed a paltry passer rating of just 5.1 on his pressured throws last week, the lowest mark of the playoffs so far.